The Mellotron Group

I've seen them live and they do a very good job.
 
 
In a message dated 7/9/2013 12:56:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
The 'Mellotron' sounds exactly like the real  thing?


I cannot even tell what the sound is supposed to be  - almost a cross 
between the Popol Vuh 'Choir Organ' and some sort of string  synth.










Well, I'm sure to him, it sounds exactly like the real thing.  
 
But he's unknowingly way off trying to copy Yes' Mellotron sounds.  
It seems his reference point is how they sound on Yes CDs.  If  he saw and 
played the actual Mellotrons they used, he'd have a  completely different 
reference point.  
With the exception of Fragile, those sounds were re-equalized for  use in 
the double Tron. They're modified stock sounds. 
Of course he couldn't know this, so it's understandable he'd think he had  
the perfect Mellotron emulation.
 
He deserves points for the visual part of it, but ultimately it's the  
sound that matters most. In this case, the eyes are used to fool the  ears, so 
visually - he's done a great job. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

On 16 June 2013 05:39, Mark Pring <_markpringnz@yahoo.com_ 
(mailto:markpringnz@yahoo.com) > wrote:


 
 
 
 
I found this quite interesting. The tron is fake but he doesn't say  what 
he is using. As he says the mellotron makes a great stand for a  minimoog!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjFXJM6fUyY



I  think the Minimoog is probably the only vintage keyboard I could be  
tempted to buy. The modern moogs just don't excite me.




Mark












-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh